Sign up for World Book Night and give out free books

Deidre Wengen

Thursday

Jan 26, 2012 at 12:01 AMJan 26, 2012 at 8:21 AM

We all know someone who doesn't read a lot. Maybe it's a friend who would rather watch the movie version than read the real thing. Maybe it's a neighbor who spends all her time carting the kids to different sporting events. Maybe it's a husband or wife.

But reading is a valuable activity for everyone, and World Book Night is setting out to get people interested in books.

The event, scheduled for April 23, began last year in the UK and is now happening in the U.S. The goal of the campaign is to give out one million books worldwide to new or light readers.

Right now you can sign up to be a giver for World Book Night. Givers volunteer to pick up 20 books from a participating local organization (libraries, book stores, schools, etc) and hand out the books in your community.

The list of 30 titles this year includes best-selling books from authors such as Ann Patchett, Dave Eggers, Jhumpa Lahiri, Junot Díaz, Patti Smith and more.

These books are not from the bargain bin - they are reader favorites and critic picks. World Book Night has teamed up with organizations such as the American Booksellers Association, Barnes & Noble, the American Library Association, the Association of American Publishers, and Ingram Book Distributors to make this whole event possible.

The deadline to sign up to give out books is Feb. 1, so make sure to apply to be a book giver. If you are chosen as a giver, you will be notified in mid February.

We think that World Book Night is a great idea and hope that the local community will benefit from this event.

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